Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-07

some Excerpts from senator morriIrs
Now Mnnll.


From the Philadelphia Press
A book by no less person than United
States Senator Morrill, Of Vermont has the
title, "Self-consciousness of Noted Persons
1t is a new book because new to the public,
though rs n matter of fact there was a pr-
vate edition quite "A while ago The good
gentleman who compiled the anecdotes is
getting along in years, and there is special
point 10 this bit Of verse from the poet Gray
on the titlepage Of the volume in hand
For who, to dumb forgetfuness prey,
This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned.
Left the warm precincts Of the cheerful day
Nor cast one longing. lingering look behind -
This compilation Of stories, then, serves rs
the little memento to be left behind 10y the
venerable Senator May he live long enough
to compile a companion set on The Modes
ty of Persons Unknown 10 Fame" Some
Of the best of the anecdotes now follow:
Napoleon said There is nothing in war
! cannot do with my own hands After
all that | have done " he exclaimed one dav,
rs il TO stop the mouth Of some hattercr.
lis 1t anything compared with what Christ
has done = He told Las Casas that it was
after storming the bridge at Lodi that he
first conceived he was to do great things
Said Napoleon one day when returning from
parade. "Bourienne, do you hear those &c
CARNATIONS which still continue They are
as sweet to mo as the voice Of Josephine
a long series of almost uninterrupted sue
cesses made Napoleon vain and self-conf-
dent, but the flattery of his followers was
excessive and now appears almost incred-
lblc. They often said God created Ma
DOlpon and then rested 80
John q. SAKE was the author of some
poems as witty as any ever written by Dr.
Holmes, and some of his punning pieces are
not excelled even 10y anything of Tom
Hoods. In his younger days. us he began
to be appreciated in society. he not mfre-
quently exhibited something Of natural con
ceit A friend met him one morning as he
was coming from the sanctum Of the Boston
Post to which he was frequent contribu-
tor rs well as the kuickerbocker, and, upon
asking him as % what he was doing got his
reply II have just left with Col Greene
the finest sonnet that has been written since
the days of Sir John Sucking"
James Russell Lowell wrote a. follows of
himself
There Lowell, understanding parua~.,is 10 climb.
WITH whole halle ut tsHs tied together with
rhyme.
He might get ON alou, spite of branblrs and boul-
But he cant with that bundle he has ON his shout
derS
The top u the hill hen meier c,ine nigh reaching
Till hr learns the distinction between singing aud
preaching
His lyir has some chords that would ring pretty
we'll.
But he would rather by half make drum Of the
shell.
And rattle away tin he's as Old as Mrthusalem
At the head Of a march To- TIA" last New Jer'isa
The Due de Lewis used 10 show an old
painting which represented one Of his an
cestors as Prince of Judah bowling to the
Virgin Mary, who SAYS; "Couvres vous.
mon cousin. That is. the Virgin Mary be
ing on familiar terms with the prince said
Put on your hat. my cousin This was
fairly matched by the well known family of
Croy, vain of an equally silly picture. which
showed Noah entering the ark and CRYING
out, 'Sauves les papiers de la maison de
Croy 20
OF Mirabeau. Chateaubriand relates that
when young man he met and sat next him
at dinner where the conversation turned
upon the subject Of Mrabeaus enemies
Being young man. he had not uttered a
word but Mirabeau he says, looked me
full in the face with his ewes of wickednts,
and genius. and. laying his broad hand on
my shoulder. said They will never for
give me my superiority.
Cardinal Rirheleu was said to pride him
self greatly ON his personal activity for his
vanity was as remarkable as his ambition
nobleman of the house of Grammont one
day found him employed in jumping. and
with the SdrOir fdirc of a Frenchman and
a courtier offered to jump against him. He
suffered the cardinal to jump higher, and
soon found himself rewarded by an appoint
ment.
When asked at his trial his name and
place of abode, Dantun answered NV
name is Danton--a name tuleraby well
known in the Revolution my abode will
soon be humiliation. hut shall live in the
pantheon of history
In his song to MY Dear and Only Love.
the Marquis of Montrosc has the following
''Tl make thee famous by my pen
And glorious by my sword o."
Thoreau puts forth this pregnant query
Shall a man 90 and hang himself because
ne belongs Ia IA race Of pygmies, and not be
the thggest pSgmy that he can =
When asked how many great writers the
age of Louis XIV had produced Boileau
answered II only know three-Corneille,
Molere and myself.
In one of his poems Walt Whitman wrote
Divine am |, inside and out | make holy
whatever | touch or am touched from
On the death of Louis XIV Rousseau re
marked, There were two despised men in
France-the king and |; | am now alone,
When the king Of France told Montague
that he liked his book, Montague replied
Then your majesty must needs like me
my book is myself. -